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When Ida Washington received a letter inviting her to participate in a study to explore the environmental roots of breast cancer, she didn't think twice. Her mother was diagnosed with the disease nearly 40 years ago, and since then, it had been a terrifying mystery she'd yearned to unravel.
Now 52, Washington was just a teenager when the lump was found on her mother's left breast. In the years that followed, as her mother's cancer went into remission, Washington began to wonder what caused it.
"My mother didn't smoke, she didn't drink. Breast cancer didn't run in the family," said Washington, who lives in San Leandro.
And that's the case for most forms of breast cancer - doctors never know the cause, and patients and their families are left forever wondering. Scientists are making progress on uncovering genetic causes, but environmental triggers can be especially challenging to tease out, because they take so long to manifest and can lie hidden among hundreds, maybe even thousands, of variables.
The study Washington was invited to join is a critical, and perhaps unique, attempt to unravel some of those environmental mysteries.
Three generations
Washington's mother, Willie Mae Washington, now 92, participated in the first generation of the scientific study, which has endured for more than half a century to investigate whether environmental exposures may lead to breast cancer. Ida Washington is continuing the legacy - she is participating in the second generation of the research.
The two women are among more than 15,000 mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the Bay Area enrolled in the Child Health and Development Studies, launched in 1959. Tens of thousands of samples of the women's blood have been collected and stored.
Scientists tap into this trove, which offers an unprecedented 50 years of continuous data on health outcomes and environmental exposures, to help them figure out what role the environment plays over a lifetime in the development of diseases such as breast cancer.
"These women are a national treasure," said Barbara Cohn, director of the Child Health and Development Studies as well as a follow-up project called the Three Generations Study. "They hold the key to understanding the risks."
Over the years, this group of women and their children has helped scientists understand how diseases can start even before birth and may pass from one generation to the next - not just through genes, but also by things in their environment.
Funded largely by the National Institutes of Health, hundreds of scientific studies have been published about these women since the 1960s. One of the more groundbreaking findings provided a clue that smoking during pregnancy could harm the fetus.
Rare collection of data
There are no research groups quite like these women in the country. In fact, their cohort may be the only one of its kind in the entire world.
The study group is "extremely valuable, almost unique," said Shanna Swan, an environmental health scientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, because it allows scientists to investigate links between what people are exposed to in the womb and their health decades later.
The decades-old blood is what makes the research so exciting, said Dr. Julia Brody, executive director of the Silent Spring Institute, a nonprofit breast cancer research organization based in Massachusetts.
"It's so helpful to have both measurements collected years ago and the potential to follow people for a long time to see what happens," said Brody, who is an adviser for the Three Generations Study.
Humble beginnings
Under the direction of Jacob Yerushalmy, a professor of biostatistics at UC Berkeley, the first participants were enrolled through their health insurance provider, Kaiser Permanente. Having participants on a single health plan, with its own clinics and hospitals, helped researchers gather detailed, consistent information and samples from the families.
At doctors' visits during childhood and adolescence, Ida Washington remembered filling out questionnaires and having body measurements taken.
"I never thought much about it," she said. "The tests were just part of the routine."
It wasn't until several years later, when she received that letter in the mail, that she realized what it was all for. Washington has a 30-year-old son she hopes will be asked to participate in a men's follow-up study.
Decades of blood
The blood that Willie Mae Washington and others provided years ago was frozen and now resides at a storage facility in Reston, Va. Cohn, the study director, rations serum from the archived vials sparingly. When the vials are gone, so is the information - and potential - they hold.
New blood and urine samples - provided by the second generation of women who are now in their late 40s and early 50s, as well as their daughters - are processed and stored at a state-of-the-art biorepository at UC Berkeley.
Fifty years ago, blood was simply put in a vial and frozen. Now scientists have come up with more sophisticated methods of dividing and preserving samples to ensure that researchers can extract even more information, said Nina Holland, director of the UC Berkeley repository.
Part of a legacy
Like Ida Washington, study participant Laurie Havas, 52, had no idea as a child that she was part of a multigenerational research project that her mother had joined before her birth.
Havas' mother died of pancreatic cancer when Havas was 21. She does not know why her mother joined the study, but when she got a letter in the mail some years later, asking her to participate in a follow-up, she knew it was something she had to do.
"I am doing it for myself and my mother. I am continuing her legacy. It makes me feel closer to her," she said.
Havas, who lives in Pleasant Hill, has two children, a 17-year-old son and a 20-year-old daughter. Her daughter has so far declined to participate as an adult in the study, but Havas hopes that someday she will change her mind.
Both Havas and Ida Washington said they feel that they are part of something bigger than themselves: They are partners in a quest to find the causes of breast cancer and other diseases.
Even if the answers found in the study never help them personally, the legacy of these women - and their mothers and grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters - will live on, they say. Their blood and tissue samples will provide clues that endure long after they die.
"The things going into my body when I was pregnant with my daughter, the things going into my daughter's body, the more we can grasp, the more we can affect the future," Havas said.
"The future," she said, "is now."
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Phyllis J. (Turner) Roffo, 75, of Legris Avenue, a retired home health care aide, passed away June 11, 2013 at the Westview Health Care Center surrounded by her family.
Born in Cranston, she was a daughter of the late James Turner and Ruth (Brownell) Warren.
Phyllis was the beloved mother of Daniel J. Roffo, Richard J. Roffo, Earl F. Morriarty, Christopher G. Roffo, Robert E. Roffo, Kimberly A. Fontaine, Kerri L. Roffo, Bonnie J. Thuotte, and the late Debra L. Carlos; sister of Richard Turner, Margaret Johnson, Donna Wade, Theah Martin, Robert Warren, Arthur Warren and the late Derwood Atwood, Carlton Warren and Horace Atwood, Jr. She is also survived by fifteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. She was the grandmother of the late Wayne P. Roffo.
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It has been said that the first sign of getting old is a strong desire to re-live the past. Apparently, I'm getting old. I've been remembering eating homemade ice cream, on the front porch with my grandfather.
My grandfather was a master of homemade ice cream. The process started in the early afternoon. The custard would be mixed, the peaches peeled and added. Then the ice cream custard would retire to the "icebox" to chill. A quick trip to town for a bag of ice and it was time for the ritual.
A living piece of Lancaster County Boy Scout history returned to his roots Friday, July 13. Lancaster native William W. Funderburk, the first African-American to become an Eagle Scout here, talked about his history with the Scouts that day at Lindsay Pettus' office in downtown Lancaster.
Even after all these years, Funderburk, 80, holds the Boy Scouts dear to his heart.
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A team of 12 volunteers from Akzo-Nobel beat the heat and wrapped up their work in short order on Saturday, June 30. Dennis Melton and Chris Smith of YouthBuild were there to provide work direction and training. The goal was to install the rest of the windows, and the two exterior doors, so the house could be locked. Work was limited because of the high temperatures forecast for the day.
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While on the venture, Anderson fell from his deer stand to the ground.
Anderson used his cell phone to call his brothers for help. They got to him not too long after he called.
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General Introduction to the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
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of twenty volumes of famous fiction as a supplement to The Harvard Classics, and also for separate sale, has proved to be a very interesting undertaking. The first question was what national literatures ought to be represented; the second, what authors in each nation. Both these questions had great interest. The actual contents of The Harvard Classics affected them both.
In the original selection of The Harvard Classics, fiction was admitted only to a small extent, and none was admitted that was later than 1835. Indeed, Manzonis I Promessi Sposi, a historical novel published in 1826, was the only book included that would now be called a novel. Don Quixote (Part I) and Pilgrims Progress, two other pieces of prose fiction which found place in the collection, both belonging to the seventeenth century, have a character quite distinct from that of the nineteenth-century novel, romance, or story. Selected stories from the Thousand and One Nights constituted one volume of The Harvard Classics, representing there ancient Oriental fiction made known to Europe two centuries ago, and since engrafted on European literature; but these stories differ widely from the fiction of the nineteenth century in style, matter, and motive. Another kind of fiction, the fable and wonder story, was illustrated in The Harvard Classics by one volume containing fables which pass under the name of Æsop, the tales collected by the brothers Grimm, and the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen; but again this form of fiction is distinct from that which the new set of twenty volumes is in tended to illustrate. Yet, after all, there are five volumes of fiction in The Harvard Classics; and that fact necessarily affected the present choice.
This collection contains modern novels, romances, and short stories, the oldest of which appeared in 1749, but most belong to the nineteenth century. The twenty volumes represent seven different national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian. More than half the set, eleven volumes, is devoted to English and American fiction, French having two volumes, German two, Russian four, and Spanish and Scandinavian sharing one volume.
The great inventors in novel-writing wrote in English; but the short story has been developed by the English, the Americans, the French, the Germans, and the Scandinavians. The Russian novel is a type by itself. It has had an extraordinary influence in Russia, and has done much to make Russia known to the rest of the reading world. The influence of the novel on social and industrial reform has been strong in all the countries in which it has been well developed; and the historical romance and the novel have been, since the opening of the nineteenth century, a new force in the world.
The selection of individual authors came next; and then the choice, if possible, of the most appropriate and desirable work of each author. Here certain limitations which took effect on The Harvard Classics had again to be accepted. Many admirable novels or romances were too long to be included in this set. Living authors were excluded. No books are included of which it cannot fairly be said that they were famous in their generation, and have since shown a strong power of survival. Each author is represented by a work generally counted among his best; so that any one who reads the whole set may feel that he has made the acquaintance of thirty writers of modern fiction under favorable conditions. He will have seen each of them in some characteristic and durable production.
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Pew mobile Internet study: Parenting changes with childhood mobile saturation(Read article summary)
Pew mobile Internet study says 25 percent of teens access the Internet through mobile devices and that the mobile platform is closing the digital gap between lower- and middle-income families. Parents need to begin watching their kids' backs, not look over their shoulders.
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After looking through the new "Teens & Technology 2013" study issued by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, I'm as convinced as ever that regardless of income or education level, tech parenting is changing.
"The nature of teens' Internet use has transformed dramatically – from stationary connections tied to shared desktops in the home to always-on connections that move with them throughout the day," the study's lead author, Mary Madden, writes in the report. And I'll summarize those interesting findings below. But some parenting context is important to consider first.
It's difficult to control either the use or the users of an Internet that goes wherever the users go. But was control ever easy either? What replaces control? You might call it a guidance system, both internal and external. Psychologists and game designers talk about intrinsic/extrinsic rewards in learning and gaming. I think what we're collectively learning now, urged on by the media shift, is that the most effective parenting starts with mostly external guidance (though I think children arrive with all the parts of an internal guidance system already in place; it just "learns" with use) and becomes increasingly internal and increasingly effective.*
My friend, author and teen and parent adviser Annie Fox, calls it our children's moral compass. The child, their parents, many other people, and life experience activate, calibrate, and improve that moral compass. Those who care the most are there with the child the most when the guidance system hits an unknown. That's why we need to keep the communication channels as wide open as possible so they'll seek the external guidance they need to do the calibrating. So, as Henry Jenkins, a professor and friend, says about parenting our very mobile, connected kids, we need to "watch their backs, not look over their shoulders."
Mobile saturation of childhood
Of the 12- to 17-year-olds living in the United States, 95 percent use the Internet, 93 percent have access to a computer at home, and 71 percent of teens with a computer at home share it with other family members – the biggest explanation, probably, for why teens' Net use has gotten so mobile. It allows them to keep their connectivity personal.
- Devices used: 78 percent of teens now have a cellphone, and 47 percent of those devices are smart phones – which means that more than a third of all US teens (37 percent) have smart phones, up from 23 percent two years ago. Almost a quarter (23 percent) of teens have a tablet computer.
- Mobile access: 74 percent of teens access the Net on cellphones, tablets, and other mobile devices at least occasionally.
- Mostly mobile access: A quarter (25 percent) of teens are "cell-mostly", meaning they mostly go online using their phone and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer. Of adults, 15 percent identified as cell-mostly and "among teen smart phone owners, half are cell-mostly."
- Older girls are even more mobile: More than a third (34 percent) of girls ages 14 to 17 go online mostly by cellphone, compared to a quarter (24 percent) of boys ages 14 to 17 (they use Xbox Live more, I figure, but this is purely anecdotal!). Pew says the gender discrepancy is "notable since boys and girls are equally likely to be smart phone owners," bearing out, I think, the theory that cellphone use is very individual. "Among older teen girls who are smart phone owners, 55 percent say they use the Internet mostly from their phone."
Mobile digital divide narrower
Pew found that teens in "lower-income and lower-education households are still less likely to use the Internet" – mobile or wired – but they are "just as likely and in some cases more likely than those living in higher income and more highly educated households" to be cell-mostly with their Internet access.
So we might extrapolate that the mobile platform is narrowing the digital divide in the US the way it is between developed and developing countries.
Here are some digital-divide data points:
- 89 percent of teens living in households earning under $30,000 per year use the Internet, compared to ...
- 99 percent of teens in households earning $75,000+ per year.
- 30 percent of teens in households earning under $30,000 per year are cell-mostly Net users, compared with ...
- 14 percent of teens in households earning $50,000-74,999 per year and ...
- 24 percent living in households earning $75,000+ per year (the last three points probably indicate the most free-flowing access on any and all devices).
*We probably need more research on what the right conditions are for children to develop their internal guidance system in the digital age, but we have plenty on child development, at-risk youth, and parenting – and a diversity of perspectives on moral development. But I suspect that most children have reasonably useful external conditions and largely unacknowledged inner resources for healthy, meaningful participation in community online and offline.
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T-Mobile might have America's Largest 4G Network, but Verizon now has The Fastest 4G Network in America, according to new signage showing up in Verizon retail stores.
We already know that Verizon 4G LTE is coming to 38 markets this year, but the nation's largest carrier will only have USB modems for the holidays and we are not expecting LTE handsets till 2011.
Verizon's LTE netwok should offer real world performance of download speeds at 5-12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5 Mbps. I've seen quite a few T-Mobile 4G speed tests that show actual download speeds over 10 Mbps, but the upload speeds normally top off around 2 Mbps.
The funny thing in these #4Gwars remains the fact that ITU's Radiocommunication Sector has already established that no current wireless technology which is being adopted by any carrier meets the actual 4G definition, but that hasn't stopped the carriers from adopting the phrase.
Does anyone have a problem with the carriers continuing to use the marketing term "4G" or should they be allowed to do whatever they want. I think I smell some class action lawsuits coming up for false advertising.


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HAWAII: When relaxation is your goal, the word Hawaii sounds like a reassuring sigh. Choose the Big Island and the spectacular Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on the sunny Kona-Kohala Coast. The resort offers treasure hunts and canoe lessons. Snorkelling gear is free at the enormous aquarium/pool carved into lava rock and stocked with 75 species of fish, including a spotted eagle ray. (There are also rafts with windows to open up the depths below.) Teens can enroll in Junior Alakai Nalu to learn how to paddle a traditional outrigger canoe. Parents will love canoodling under the tiki torches, escaping to the ocean-facing, adults-only pool or teeing off on the 18-hole Jack Nicklaus-designed course dramatically built between the ocean and old lava flows. Rooms from $595 (U.S.); fourseasons.com/hualalai
ARIZONA: Sedona's Enchantment Resort will amaze most young Canucks with Arizona's hot temperatures, big skies and red earth; 4 to 12-year-olds can join Camp Coyote for nature walks, pottery classes, painting and obstacle courses. Pool relays, cooking classes and scavenger hunts keep days lively while s'mores, storytelling and twilight stargazing wind things up when the sun goes down. Parents will love the adult Native American program, which offers walks to ruins and classes in Native American drum and flute. There are also good hiking trails, art lessons and wine tastings. Rooms from $375 (U.S.); enchantmentresort.com
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ONTARIO: In Collingwood, Westin Trillium House at Blue Mountain has its own heated outdoor pool, but is also adjacent to the Plunge! Aquatic Centre, which, with its water playground, rope swings, docks and slides, is ideal for warming up après-ski. Parents will love the highly-rated Scandinave Spa, with its hot and cold plunge pools, sauna and treatments, will get you fully chillaxed. Then indulge at the Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill. Rooms from $179; bluemountain.ca
FLORIDA: For many children, the combination of Disney and exotic animals sounds too good to be true, but Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge overlooks 13 hectares of Florida savannah dotted with giraffes, zebras and impalas. Guests 8 and up can book the Wanyama Safari – an intimate, 12-passenger tour in an open-air vehicle with potential sightings of crocodiles, hippos, jaguars and gazelles. At night, your cubs can watch Disney movies under the stars. Parents will love this trip because it hints at Africa without any need for malaria pills, and the chance to try a South African feast at Jiko – the Cooking Place. Rooms from $279. disneyworld.disney.go.com
CALIFORNIA: Your progeny receive a Very Important Kid check-in at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. The Kidtopia club (12 and under) has crafts, a 2,271-litre saltwater aquarium and night camping on weekends. There's family s'mores-making at the courtyard fire pits and Legoland is in the 'hood. Parents will love the resort's eight pools. One overlooks a golf course and has poolside fire pits, another features two 30-metre waterslides. Rooms from $269 (U.S.); lacosta.com EDITOR'S NOTE: The night camp runs from from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. An earlier version of this story said it was an overnight camp.
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'Real Housewives Of NJ' Star Teresa Giudice May Get Booted For Asking For More Than $250K A Season — Will You Miss Her?
It looks like the financially strapped reality star isn't looking for more money per se, but rather the same amount her cast mates are receiving!
Reports that Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is demanding more money for her role on the hit show seem to be true, but as an act of fairness! Our friend Naughty but Nice Rob over at Popeater spoke with someone close to Teresa who said, "Bravo pays Caroline and Jacqueline more than Teresa and she isn't holding out because she thinks she's bigger. She just wants to make the same." Drama!
Apparently, Bravo compensates the families and not the individual stars and each adult child appears to make around $20,000. The Manzo family earns $310,000, the Laurita family $270,000 and Teresa $250,000. So, Lauren, Albie, and Christopher Manzo seem to get an extra $20,000 as does Ashley Laurita. Teresa's four daughters and Jacqueline's young son receive no extra money due to child labor laws.
Teresa evidently would like more for her daughters future and it remains to be seen what Bravo will do.
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Valentine's Day desserts don't have to be fancy to be delicious.
Today, I've chosen three I've never made from my stash of recipes in a drawer in a chifforobe in my kitchen. Any of the three could be the pièce de résistance to a meal you may be planning to make for your spouse or significant other.
I chose coconut pie because I've never made one but love coconut which, I've come to believe, is a love or hate thing with most people.
My mom used to make several coconut pies for the Optimist Club booth at the old Hamilton County Fair when it was held at Warner Park in the 1960s and early 1970s. I don't have her recipe, which was delicious, but the one I found - which is not attributed to anyone - was easy.
I selected Mounds Candy Bar Cake because Mounds are one of my favorite candy bars. They, of course, also have coconut. Remember the 1970s advertising ditty: "Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't; Peter Paul Almond Joy's got nuts; Mounds don't"? It was not grammatical, but it was catchy.
So the recipe has Mounds, chocolate chips and coconut. What could be better?
I chose Chocolate Mint Dessert because the mint part appealed to me. The description indicated it was a brownie-like concoction with a center and an icing. A triple threat.
The recipe itself also had a bit of a sentimental interest to me because it has my late cat Xanadu's DNA on it from a late-night, um, hairball.
Jan Armstrong, the woman who initially submitted the recipe to the Times Free Press, said she makes it annually at Christmas. However, with the mint cream center, it also could be a St. Patrick's Day favorite. But Valentine's Day works, too.
Toasted Coconut Pie
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
Unbaked 9-inch pie shell
Thoroughly beat eggs and combine with sugar, butter, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir in coconut and pour filling into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Cook/writer substitutions/changes: None.
• Result: Very simple pie but very sweet filling. I'm not quite sure why it is named Toasted Coconut Pie, because the recipe doesn't call for the coconut to be toasted. But you could do that, too.
Mounds Bar Candy Bar Cake
1 (18 3/4-ounce) package yellow cake mix (without pudding)
1 (3.4-ounce) package white chocolate or French vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup water
4 eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream or plain yogurt
8 snack-size (or 4 regular-size) Mounds candy bars, chopped
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
Confectioners sugar, optional
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube pan or Bundt pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake and pudding mixes, oil, water and eggs. Stir until most lumps are gone. Stir in the sour cream, then the candy bars, chocolate chips, nuts and coconut. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan about 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cool completely. Before serving, dust with sifted confectioners sugar, if desired. May also serve with whipped topping or vanilla ice cream.
• Cook/writer substitutions/changes: I used a Bundt pan, French vanilla pudding, sour cream and the snack-size Mounds bars where options were listed. I used only 1/2 cup of walnuts.
• Result: For some reason to me, the walnuts seemed to overwhelm the taste of this cake. However, a co-worker proclaimed it very moist. It paired well with vanilla ice cream.
- Elsie Keith
Chocolate Mint Dessert
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups (16 ounces) chocolate syrup
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13-inch-by-9-inch pan. In a large mixer bowl, combine flour, sugar, butter, eggs and syrup; beat until smooth. Pour into prepared pan; bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool completely in pan. Spread mint cream center (recipe follows) on cake; cover and chill. Pour chocolate icing (recipe follows) over chilled dessert. Cover; chill at least 1 hour before cutting and serving.
Mint Cream Center
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1 tablespoon water
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon mint extract
3 drops green food coloring (or more for intense color)
In a small bowl, combine all ingredients; beat until smooth.
Chocolate Icing
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
In a saucepan over very low heat, melt butter and chocolate chips. Remove from heat; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Makes 12 servings.
• Cook/writer substitutions/changes: The lady who originally submitted the recipe said you could use a boxed brownie mix instead of the cake part, but I made it as she suggested. In the cake, I used butter and not margarine. In the mint cream center, I used 3/4 teaspoon and not 1/2 teaspoon mint extract (but would go with 1/2 if I made it again). In the icing, I used butter and not margarine. If it makes only 12 servings, the servings are gigantic. You could easily get double that.
• Result: This comes out like an iced brownie. I think the extra mint made the center a bit overpowering, though most disagreed, but it's overall a very good dessert if you don't eat too much of it.
- Jan Armstrong


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Cottage pie
This great-value family favourite freezes beautifully and is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser
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- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal600
- fat34g
- saturates16g
- carbs40g
- sugars7g
- fibre4g
- protein37g
- salt1.15g
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- 2 onions, finely chopped
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- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- large glass red wine (optional)
- 850ml beef stock
- 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
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Meanwhile, make the mash. In a large saucepan, cover the potatoes in salted cold water, bring to the boil and simmer until tender. Drain well, then allow to steam-dry for a few mins. Mash well with the milk, butter, and three-quarters of the cheese, then season with the nutmeg and some salt and pepper.
Spoon meat into 2 ovenproof dishes. Pipe or spoon on the mash to cover. Sprinkle on the remaining cheese. If eating straight away, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and cook for 25-30 mins, or until the topping is golden. Or follow the steps (below) to freeze.
If you want to use a slow cooker, brown your mince in batches then tip into your slow cooker and stir in the vegetables, flour, purée, wine, stock, Worcestershire sauce and herbs with some seasoning. Cover and cook on High for 4-5 hours. Make the mash following step 2, above, and then oven cook to finish according to step 3.
Recipe Tip
Our top tipsTo get really smooth, creamy mash, use a potato ricer or sieve. To stop the mash sinking into the filling, allow the meat to cool before topping with the mashed potato. Freeze in individual ovenproof dishes for an easy meal for one. For a really crisp, golden topping, flash under the grill for a few mins before serving.
Recipe Tip
Foolproof freezingMake sure the pie is completely cold, then cover it well with cling film and freeze. Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe. Alternatively, to cook from frozen, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4, cover with foil and cook for 1½ hrs. Increase oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, uncover and cook for 20 mins more, until golden and bubbling.


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Friedensheim (Berlin, Germany)
Friedensheim (Home of Peace), Berlin began in 1958 as a community center for assisting refugees and displaced war victims. It was built on the site of a bombed building with help from the Beachy Amish Mennonites. Originally staffed by voluntary service workers from the Beachy Amish churches in the United States, the center cared for more than 1,000 children over the years. As a result of the strong evangelical ministry of the American missionaries a congregation of converted persons, mostly of people with no Mennonite background, was formed. In 1975 this congregation became an independent church. In 1971 a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol dependency was started and called Friedenshafen (Haven of Peace). This program was discontinued in 1985. A third center, Friedensnest (Peace Nest), was opened by the Friedensheim congregation to minister to the needs of Turkish immigrant families. Since 1982 the congregation has employed a German pastor as well as a matron for the community center.
Hershberger, Andrew. Into the Highways and Hedges (25 Years Amish Mennonite Aid). Abbeville, SC.
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Overholt, Lewis and Horst Neufeld. "Friedensheim (Berlin, Germany)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1987. Web. 20 Aug 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Friedensheim_(Berlin,_Germany)&oldid=87568.
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Overholt, Lewis and Horst Neufeld. (1987). Friedensheim (Berlin, Germany). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 August 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Friedensheim_(Berlin,_Germany)&oldid=87568.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 311. All rights reserved.
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Lady Broncos sweep Lady Trojans 10-3, 11-0.
IDAHO FALLS — The Blackfoot Lady Broncos closed out the regular season on Thursday evening as they swept Rigby 10-3 and 11-0 to complete the undefeated conference slate.
"It's great to come out and accomplish an undefeated regular season and since we are the top seed we get a first round bye which will give us a chance to rest up and heal up a couple of our players," Blackfoot head coach Matt Chavez said.
In game one the Lady Broncos came out swinging with Jessica Capson driving a single to left field in the games first at bat. Capson scored one pitch later when Mattison Chavez roped an RBI triple into the gap for the 1-0 lead. Not to be outdone, Morningrose Tobey showed that it was time for the "mo show" as she drove in Chavez with the first of her three triples in game one for the 2-0 lead. A sacrifice fly by Madison Leslie scored Tobey and before many of the fans had even found a seat, Blackfoot led 3-0.
Blackfoot added three more runs in the top of the third inning as they sent eight hitters to the plate in the uprising. Once again Tobey had the big base knock in the frame with an RBI triple in the left field gap.
After a pair of runs by Rigby Blackfoot came back to the plate in the top of the fourth looking to extend their lead and that is exactly what they did as they pushed three more runs across with a walk by Capson, a single by Chavez, a triple by Tobey and a sacrifice fly by Taylor Beers.
All of the run support did not go spoiled as starting pitcher Jessica Capson was stellar in the circle, throwing a complete game while scattering 9 hits in the 10-3 victory.
"We had some really nice hits today but it was still kind of frustrating because there were four or five balls hit today that would have been home runs on our field or any other regulation softball field," coach Chavez said.
Indeed, playing on the slow pitch fields at Tautphaus Park certainly thwarted the long ball and in game two, Rigby backed their outfielders up which cut down on the extra base hits by the Lady Broncos. In the end, that strategy still didn't slow down the Blackfoot offense however as the Lady Broncos pounded out 11 runs on 15 hits in game two for the 11-0 five inning victory.
Capson, Tobey, the Beers twins, Cassandra Clarke, Sami MacFee and Gentry Carter each picking up two hits apiece in the victory.
With a 2-0 lead heading into the fourth inning Blackfoot was able to extend that lead when Carter led off the inning with a line drive single down the left field line. With two outs in the inning Tobey laid down a perfectly place bunt and on the play, Gentry showed her cat like reflexes as she outfoxed the Lady Trojan defense by escaping a pickle between second and third, eventually diving safely into third base to extend the inning. Madison Leslie took full advantage of that with a 2RBI single to left field to score Carter and Tobey for the 4-0 lead.
In truth, one run would have been more than sufficient in game two with Tobey cutting down the Lady Trojan batters one by one. Tobey was spot on in game two, allowing just 2 hits while striking out 7.
Blackfoot ended the game with a 7 run fifth inning as Blackfoot collected 8 base hits in the inning to end the game after the five innings of play.
Blackfoot (19-1, 10-0) will open district tournament play on Tuesday when they play the winner of the 4/5th place game. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. at OK Ward Park in Chubbuck.
Game 1
Blackfoot 303 301 0 - 10 15 2
Rigby 100 020 0 - 3 9 1
Blackfoot hitters - M. Chavez 4-4 2B 3B 4R, M. Tobey 4-5 (3)3B 3R 5RBI, T. Beers 2-3, C. Clarke 3-4, B. Goodwin 1-2. pitching - J. Capson (W) 7IP 3R 1ER 9H 4K 2BB HP.
Rigby hitters - R. Abbott 2-4, B. Parkes 2-4 RBI, S. Butikofer 1-4 2B RBI, E. Jackson 2-3. pitching - T. Anderson (L) 7IP 10R 7ER 15H 6K 3BB.
Game 2
BLACKFOOT 11, RIGBY 0 (5 innings)
Blackfoot 110 27 - 11 15 1
Rigby 000 00 - 0 2 3
Blackfoot hitters - J. Capson 2-4 2RBI, M. Tobey 2-4 2R, M. Leslie 1-3 2RBI, T. Beers 2-4, A. Beers 2-4, C. Clarke 2-4, S. MacFee 2-4 2R, G. Carter 2-2 2RBI. pitching - M. Tobey (W) 5IP 0R 0ER 2H 7K 1BB.
Rigby hitters - R. Anderson 1-3, B. Parkes 1-2. pitching - R. Anderson (L) 5IP 11R 8ER 15H 0K 3BB.


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NORRISTOWN — Growing up, Ernest Hadrick III, or Tre as most people know him, saw first-hand a dedication to community and helping others. His father, Ernie Hadrick Jr., was, and still is, active in the community and has served as a coach and mentor to generations of young people in Norristown. Knowing that, it should not have surprised anyone when the younger Hadrick began to give his time to the community.
"I'm from Norristown. The community means a lot to me. It raised me, family members, a lot of good friends of mine," Tre said. "I just always wanted to give back in certain ways."
A three-sport athlete in the Norristown Area School District, Hadrick excelled in football and was able to play collegiately, first at Auburn University, where he red-shirted as a freshman, and then North Carolina A&T, where he played for three seasons before multiple concussions ended his football-playing days before his senior season.
Even though his playing days were over, however, many of the values that he gained through his participation in sports really stuck with him and he is now trying to pass those qualities on to another generation of young people.
"Athletics teach children and individuals a lot of things that you cannot get on an everyday basis in life: discipline, accountability, team unity," said Hadrick.
In fact, through athletics Hadrick learned valuable life lessons from a number of other coaches and mentors who helped shape his life and put him on the path to giving back, including former Norristown track and field coach Ted Ellis, current track coach Miles Burrell, and former basketball standout and assistant coach Dana "Binky" Johnson, who Hadrick called his "most impactful coach" in high school and instilled in Hadrick the notion of making a person or place better upon leaving than it was on arrival.
More than a decade after graduating from high school, Hadrick continues to keep that lesson in mind as he works in the community. It was that sentiment, along with the goodwill of a group of childhood friends in the Norristown area, that led to the formation of the Norristown Men of Excellence, which "strives to promote and support a healthy, vibrant, and thriving community in the greater Norristown area," according to the mission statement found on the group's Facebook page.
According to Hadrick, the idea for the group first came to him July 2011 after seeing the work done by a group of his friends and former teammates on various sport teams, most notably the Norristown Track Club, including Percy Jones, Hakim Jones, Sheldon Gray, and Troy Swittenburg.
"Back in July 2011, I spoke to Hakim about maybe doing it and bringing guys together and we said, 'Oh, we'll wait and come back around to it,' but there was just more need in the community," Hadrick explained. "People were asking for young guys, like in the age group of 35 and under, to get involved and everybody was already doing their own things in a certain manner, but we said if we form a unit, it will probably be able to help build networks and build resources and come together to make a difference."
"We feel like we were already here. We grew up and now we're back living here and trying to help the community every day so why not come together as a group and take it a step further?" Hakim Jones said on the formation of the group.
"Right around the time when (Tre) put the word out for the group I (was mentoring) an eighth-grader, so it all kind of worked hand-in-hand when he came and said I want you to be part of this organization," said Percy Jones. "I was already doing this before Tre put it out there, but (the group) made it better."
Since the group was formed 15 months ago, the men have been involved in a wide variety of local projects, including working the with Arts Hill program and expanding on a turkey drive for the holidays that Percy and his sister had been doing for several years and more projects are forthcoming because the group gave the men "a better platform and a united front," according to Hakim.
In addition to the general work around the community, the Norristown Men of Excellence put a special emphasis on working with youth and providing support to keep the young people in Norristown on the right path, according to Hadrick.
"All parents want their children to stay out of trouble," he said. "I think sometimes if the resources or the exposure hasn't been there, some people can fall victim to some of the negatives of society and the violence and different things."
As a result, the group has held multiple events aimed specifically at young people, including a football camp, a police-youth forum, and mulitple presentations ranging from mock interviews to workshops involving basic life skills, at schools in the Norristown Area School District, including Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy, where Hadrick works as a guidance counselor after receiving his master's degree from Wilmington University.
"We have a good relationship with the school district," said Hakim. "We really reached out to the superintendent. We reached out to different counselors that we work with every day and we just wanted to let them know that we're available."
For Hadrick and the other leaders in the Norristown Men of Excellence, the process of getting the group organized and getting their name out there has been a whirlwind process but has been completely worth all the time and effort.
"This first year, we really tried to put a feel out for who we are but really stay grounded. We're trying to build this organization and I know a lot of different businesses and different groups come together and then after one year, they fall apart," said Hadrick. "I can honestly say, though, with the help of the board and the other members, their dedication of wanting to see this thing through has been unbelievable."
More information on the Norristown Men of Excellence can be found at www.facebook.com/NMOE19401 and the group can be reached via email at email@example.com.


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Author Notes: Recipe adapted from a New York Times recipe by Kay Rentschler published in 2007. According to Kay, "Gjetost (pronounced YEH-toast) is more like fudge than cheese. A product of Norway, it is made by boiling the whey left over from traditional cheese production. It is stirred and condensed over heat until reduced to one-quarter its original volume. The sugars in the lactose caramelize, and the cheese becomes thick enough to pour into rectangular molds. The finished gjetost emerges from its wrap squeaky clean, with an all-body tan and shiny creases on the face. Its semi-firm compact texture, which bears a trace of peanut butter's sullen mouth feel, has a rich salty-sweet caramel finish."
Over ten years of hosting an annual fondue party, I've tried many dessert fondue recipes and this one has become the most-demanded of all. —STB13
Serves: 6
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tablespoons sugar
teaspoons brown sugar
teaspoon cinnamon
ounces gjetost, preferably Ski Queen, in thin slices
tablespoons heavy cream, plus more to thin
teaspoon Cognac plus 1/2 teaspoon water (or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract plust 3/8 teaspoon water)
pecans, toasted
- Combine sugars and cinnamon in a small bowl and stir well.
- Combine cream, Cognac, gjetost and sugar/cinnamon mixture in a pan over low heat, stirring as the cheese melts, thinning with additional cream.
- When cheese has completely melted, transfer to fondue pot, set over low heat, and top with toasted pecan pieces.
- Serve with gingerbread chunks, bananas, strawberries.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Fondue
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Preoccupation ~ defined as the state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed with something. This exhibit, spearheaded by our front desk staff member Byron Hodgins, brings together eight Toronto artists engaged and preoccupied with the visual arts.
What are you preoccupied with? Maybe its the end of year, your partner, the environment, a good night sleep, or your next meal. Regardless, come visit the 2nd floor Gallery and see if there is a match for your state of mind and one of these artists visual expressions.
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Todd Zolecki offers his best guess about Charlie Manuel's starting lineup on Opening Day, and it ain't pretty:
1. Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. Michael Young, 3B
3. Chase Utley, 2B
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Delmon Young, RF
6. Domonic Brown/Darin Ruf/John Mayberry Jr., LF
7. Erik Kratz, C
8. Ben Revere, CF
9. Pitcher
Using Dan Szymborski's (@DSzymborski) ZiPS projections and this lineup analysis tool from Baseball Musings, I decided to see how many runs that lineup is projected to score, and if any other lineup permutations would be preferable. Domonic Brown is assumed as the left fielder but I don't think there would be a meaningful difference with the other two. The pitcher's spot was assumed to be the average of all Phillies pitchers-as-hitters in 2012.
The above lineup, according to the lineup analysis tool, is expected to score 4.14 runs per game, or 671 in a full season. The 2012 Phillies averaged 4.22 runs per game and scored 684 in total, so it's only a slight downgrade. The last time the Phillies scored 671 runs or fewer was 1997, when they finished 68-94. That team had three players out of ten (min. 200 PA) post a wOBA below the league average (.313): Rico Brogna, Kevin Stocker, and Ruben Amaro. Yes, that Ruben Amaro.
The best lineup would be:
1. Utley
2. Howard
3. M. Young
4. Brown
5. Rollins
6. D. Young
7. Kratz
8. Pitcher
9. Revere
That lineup follows some unconventional lineup tactics, such as putting one of your worse hitters in the #3 spot, hitting your pitcher eighth, and putting your best hitter first. Brown in the cleanup spot is likely also surprising, but ZiPS projects him to post a similar slugging percentage to Ryan Howard (.461 to .463) with a slightly higher average and on-base percentage.
According to the lineup analysis tool, the above batting order would score 4.33 runs per game, 701 over 162 games. That marks an improvement of 30 runs — roughly three wins — over the likely 2013 Opening Day lineup. ZiPS projects six players to post a wOBA below the 2012 league average (.311): Revere, M. Young, Freddy Galvis, Kevin Frandsen, Laynce Nix, and Mayberry.
The 2013 Phillies offense certainly won't be confused with the 2007 iteration, which means they will — perhaps more than ever — be relying on their sterling starting rotation and upgraded bullpen to carry the load throughout the season. Utilizing platoons, making smart pinch-hitting and pinch-running decisions during games, and optimizing the lineup are all ways the Phillies can make small improvements that may add up to one large difference in the end… but don't hold your breath.


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The anti-gay, xenophobic, and misogynist bullies of the Christian right are so determined to defeat President Obama and promote orthodoxy that they endanger American diplomats and undermine fundamental principles of freedom.
Attacks on Secretary of State Clinton's motorcade in Egypt in July were fueled by false claims from radical-right provocateurs that President Obama had a secret pro-Islamic agenda and was financing the Muslim Brotherhood. More recently, Egyptian-American anti-Muslim activist Morris Sadek promoted the cheesy video disparaging the prophet Muhammad that provided a pretext for the Sept. 11 terrorist assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
On Sept. 21 Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) accused "President Barack Hussein Obama" of helping to "jump-start a new Ottoman Empire." Jerome Corsi of WorldNetDaily speculated as to whether Chris Stevens, our murdered ambassador to Libya, was gay (as if that would show weakness and ineptitude by the State Department). Anthony Wile of The Daily Bell suggested that the pro-American demonstrations by moderate Libyans denouncing radical Islamist gangs were "orchestrated" by Obama. For those on the far right who insist that all Muslims are the enemy, Muslims favoring democracy are an unwelcome deviation from their script.
The "rage trade" peddles an assortment of poisonous goods, too rarely contested by more humane voices. Yet some on the receiving end are not buying. Frank Mugisha of Sexual Minorities Uganda, whose colleague David Kato was murdered last year, states, "Many Africans believe that homosexuality is an import from the West, and ironically they invoke religious beliefs and colonial-era laws that are foreign to our continent to persecute us. The way I see it, homophobia -- not homosexuality -- is the toxic import." He refers to missionaries of hate like Scott Lively, whose slanders helped inspire Uganda's "kill the gays" bill.
Power politics cloaks itself in faith. Heretics are denounced by self-styled American patriots who evidently think it was another country whose founders embraced the Enlightenment. As Salman Rushdie said, "Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction." America's religious bullies strive to stop that motion in this country while exporting all the friction they can muster. The concept of mutual tolerance and restraint eludes them.
Sometimes you cross a border, as Rushdie said, and sometimes a border crosses you. The social and intellectual commerce enabled by the Internet challenges the insularity demanded by authoritarians, as when a Facebook page created by Egyptian Google executive Wael Ghonim fueled the protests that led to the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak.
The moderate Libyans, who mourned and thanked the American diplomats who had helped them, illustrate a welcome wave of resistance to what Rushdie calls the "manufactured outrage" used by tyrants to divert attention from their own disastrous rule. Right-wing partisans will exploit the murders in Benghazi as an excuse to write off Libya, as if our own revolution was trouble-free, but we have a stake in this game. Withdrawing aid amid upheaval would further imperil our friends and gratify thugs.
Americans who do not crave the apocalypse need to repudiate the holy warriors for their bloody and treacherous mischief. At the same time, we must engage and collaborate more with those like Ghonim who recognize secular democracy not as an imperialist threat but as essential to their own development and happiness.
We have our work cut out, from refugees fleeing anti-gay violence incited by American evangelicals to activists and foreign service officers carrying on and innovating amid backlashes against human-rights efforts. Progressive religious charities are essential as partners.
It is necessary, but not sufficient, to elect politicians who respect and value diversity. We can best honor the spirits of the dead by expanding and strengthening our own international networks for freedom and dignity. We are behind the curve.
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Anyone here who hate the holidays?
I love the holidays. Is there anyone here who doesn't?
Please share your most dreadful or most memorable holiday stories.
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Specialty: 18+ year(s) of experience in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, TeleNov 17, '12I loved the holidays when I was a kid.
Not so much now, because of this ridiculous Black Friday nonsense. Every year, some poor retail worker gets trampled to death because some moron decided that a new iPad was clearly more valuable than a Walmart cashier's life.
Honestly? Does anyone need a Kindle Fire THAT badly? Who needs ten flat-screen LED TV's? Do people really have so much time and money on their hands? I don't think anyone here on AN is like that, but it appalls me that some grown adults are prepared to fight other grown adults for a Squinkies playset.
It's disgusting how greedy people get and how little regard some have for a human life in the name of doorbuster sales. "No big deal-- I just trampled the Walmart greeter, but it's ok! At least I got all my Christmas shopping done!"
I feel bad for all the retail workers who have to be away from their families just so others can have a chance to buy cheap items as if the world were ending. I refuse to perpetuate this ridiculous behavior. I will never, ever go to a Black Friday sale.Nov 17, '12Going to be my first holiday without my mom. Was poking around Walgreen's the other night and found a very soft blanket -- I immediately thought "mom would love this for Christmas" and then remembered that I won't be buying her anything for Christmas.
I bought the blanket for myself instead.Nov 17, '12Love any and all holidays, the smaller and sillier the better. I like to cook crepes for candlemas, light a campfire on midsummer's eve, and read spooky stories on Halloween. (WORLD'S SHORTEST GHOST STORY: "He reached for the matches, and the matches were put into his hand." Swiped from somewhere.)
Our limit on Christmas gifts worked just fine: one nice thing each, meant to be fulfill a dear wish of the kid. In addition: one book, maybe one CD or DVD. Period. If I couldn't afford such things, I would have settled for something handmade. A woman on NPR just described the dollhouse her parents made during hard economic times, with a tin can elevator worked by yarn, and that sounds unbeatable to me.
Some friends have had tragic events during the holidays and they understandably take no more pleasure in them. I probably wouldn't either, but life has been kind to me in that regard. Next week all my kids will be in town for Thanksgiving, and, for me, life just doesn't get any better than that.
DinaNov 17, '12I don't like the holidays much anymore. Ever since my mom passed away in 2001, Thanksgiving and Christmas have lost their meaning quite a bit. I have been dating someone for several years now who is originally from another country that does not celebrate Thanksgiving at all, so working on Thanksgiving (including Black Fri) is something I don't mind doing at all. My favorite part of the holidays has been New Years Eve, because for me it means all the holiday nonsense is over. Christmas this year may be a little different in that I will be part of their family now, so perhaps it will be as special as it was when I was a kid. Let's see!Nov 17, '12I detest the holidays. I have no family, and it really sucks when you're bombarded with how much of a "family" time it is.Nov 17, '12I'm gonna look up "Holiday" on Wikipedia, I remember that word from my youth, huh......holiday?Nov 17, '12I enjoy the holidays although in the past I typically set my ideas too high and spent time being disappointed. This year I am going to try to merely enjoy time with family and friends. And probably coworkers for my measley $2 extra pay.Nov 17, '12Hate holidays, but put on the brave face for my kids and husband who live for them.
My dad died on Easter, my grandfather died on Christmas Eve and my grandmother died on Thanksgiving day. (Their anniversary was Thanksgiving day, well, they married on Thanksgiving day and every year after they celebrated on the holiday not the actual date). My most favorite pet was dx's with cancer a few days before Thanksgiving and we had to put her down the day after Christmas. I think of all the major holidays in the year I have either had a close friend or family member die or we buried them either a day before or a day after the holiday.
Nope, not a fan. I always wonder who'll be taken from us as the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approach.
But as I said, I try as hard as possible to seem like I enjoy the holidays for my kids.Nov 17, '12Not as much as I used to. It's too commercialized. Remember when even the gas station was closed? You filled up your car a few days before. If you forgot the whipping cream on the way to the relatives, you went without, because everything was closed.
Christmas didn't start until well after Thanksgiving. I really miss those simplier times.
I'm with one of the posters when it comes to 'stuff'. Why do people fight over TV's and silly gadgets that will be tossed in the closet in less than a year? The only Black Friday I go to is a local grocery store that has clothing, electronics. They have a really good sock sale, lol. That's my black friday.Last edit by tokmom on Nov 18, '12Nov 17, '12Holidays never really meant anything to me as a kid. As my family size slowly starts to reach zero, it means more and more to me to see the ones I care about. My GF is really getting me into the Christmas spirit now too. She gets so excited for the smallest things, like putting up our tree, looking at and hanging all the ornaments that we got as kids, and actually having the time to spend around each other and making christmas cookies for the family and my ER. That is the holidays to me. I doubt we get each other anything this year other than a small little fun present, and that is all I can ever ask for.Nov 17, '12I want to love the hoidays, but with people shopping til their dropping on Black Friday for stuff, while others struggle to keep themselves warm makes me more sad than happy. Rather than "stuff" or "things", I just want to be with family/loved ones and relax as much as possible.


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Adorable and realistic looking doxie ornament is a Red and tan Male dachshund. Measures 2 3/4" tall and is 4 1/2" long. Even the eyes and hair look real. Perfect condition. Made of resin. Doxie lovers will have to have this for their Christmas tree.
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Large vintage slightly domed brooch in an array of green color stones ranging from clear emerald green, to satin green, peridot green and also round green aurora borealis stones. This large beauty has a diameter of 2 1/4" with a 3/4" dome rise. All stones, marquis and round, are all prong set into a gold tone setting. Excellent condition and no flaking or discolor to the gold metal. All stones intact. Clasp works well. Unsigned but gorgeous!
Large vintage unmarked dome pin measures 2 1/4" in diameter. A sunburst of orange, topaz, peridot, citrine, and amber round and marquis rhinestones is heaped high (1" tall). All stones are prong-set in gold-tone. Safety clasp holds well. No missing or dead stones. No wear to plating.
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Lovely vintage 60's Sarah Coventry Crystal snowflakes pin. Austrian crystal rhinestones set into a 6 point snowflake with SarahSheen silvertone.2 1/4" diameter. Beautiful winter accessory. Pristine condition. Marked Sarah Cov.
Sarah Coventry 1968 "Mountain Flower" Set of brooch and earrings. Measures 2 3/8" long, 1 3/4" across for the brooch, 1 1/16" in diameter for the earrings. The earrings are clip. Each piece is Marked Sarah Coventry. Silvertone with clear sparkling Austrian crystal rhinestones on the petals, with peridot green aurora borealis in the centers. Excllent condition with no dead stones, very brilliant and sparkly. Circa: 1968
Elegant vintage Sarah Coventry Evening Accent brooch from the early 1960's. Three sections are movable which create lots of sparkles and flair. The brooch can also be worn as a pendant, yet it has no loop attached at the back but a small hook to hook over your chain. Measures 3 3/8" long. Marked as: ©SARAHCOV This piece is in excellent vintage condition, and ready to wear. A little extra info: Sarah Coventry is one of the lines produced by Emmons Jewelry Inc...
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According to Sweetwater Fire Chief Grant Madden, the White Hat fire in Nolan County is slowing down and getting more and more under control as local and state firefighters battle the blaze. A slight rain on Tuesday evening helped firefighters in places that could not be reached. Madden stated that the Texas Forest service estimates that the fire has burned about 65,000 acres. According to the Texas Forest Service, the fire is 30 percent contained. There have been voluntary evacuations around the Maryneal community. Heavy airtankers and single-engine airtankers dropped on this fire and the fire received an FMAG (Fire Management Assistance Grant). The fire has claimed at least 12 structures including homes and hunting cabins.